Secure

Secure

I give them eternal life.  John 10:28

It’s one of the nagging questions many Christians struggle with: Am I still a Christian?

The thinking goes something like this:

Surely there is a point where I can go too far, where I can doubt too much, where I have sinned too severely. Just because I was saved yesterday, that doesn’t mean I am saved today. Right?

It’s questions like this that make me glad verses like this are in the Bible. But the simplicity of the words masks their significance.

Let’s look at them:

I–Our salvation is from Jesus himself. He is the giver, and he gives with the full awareness and permission of his Father. Jesus doesn’t make mistakes and he doesn’t do experiments. When he saves you he saves you completely.

Give–Salvation isn’t a loan. It isn’t a test. It doesn’t expire and it doesn’t have conditions. It’s a gift, and no one can ever give more fully, completely or permanently than Jesus.

Them–His people–any who would believe in him. In this passage, we’re called his sheep–imperfect, prone to wander from the fold, and very much in need of a shepherd. There is nothing deserving, good or qualified in us. This is very much about the giver, and not the recipients.

Eternal Life. Not temporary life, not partial life, not maybe life, but forever, unending life.

There is nothing in this statement of Jesus that even hints at the possibility of his sheep ever being stolen, rejected or lost from his fold. They are secure.

Eternal Security. It’s one of the greatest and most encouraging doctrines in all the Bible. It doesn’t matter what you’ve done, how far you’ve fallen, how much you’re doubted or how unfaithful you’ve been. Your salvation has never been dependent on you. It’s always been dependent on the One who gives eternal life.

Say it out loud:

We. Are. Secure.

I. Am. Secure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Want to read more on this? There’s an entire chapter on this topic in my book Ten Things Jesus Never Said

 

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